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Who wrote Beowulf?
Unknown Anglo-Saxon poet
Main characters in Beowulf?
Beowulf, Hrothgar, Grendel, Grendel’s Mother, The Dragon.
Main themes in Beowulf?
Heroism, good vs evil, fate (wyrd), loyalty, Christian vs pagan ideas.
What is the central conflict of Beowulf?
The hero’s battle against monstrous evil and fate.
What type of poem is “The Wife’s Lament”?
Old English elegy.
Who is the speaker in “The Wife’s Lament”?
A woman exiled from her husband and society.
Themes of “The Wife’s Lament”?
Exile, grief, loneliness, loss, powerlessness.
Main characters in “The Miller’s Tale”?
John, Nicholas, Alison, Absolon.
Themes of “The Miller’s Tale”?
Lust, deception, comedy, class satire.
Who is the Wife of Bath?
A woman who challenges gender roles through her experience with five marriages.
Themes of the Prologue?
Female authority, marriage power, experience vs scholarly “authority,” gender roles.
Main characters of the Tale?
The Knight, the Old Woman, Queen Guinevere.
Central message of the Tale?
Women desire sovereignty/power over their own lives and relationships.
Main characters in Much Ado About Nothing?
Beatrice, Benedick, Hero, Claudio, Don Pedro, Don John.
Themes in Much Ado?
Deception, gender roles, reputation, love vs. miscommunication.
What drives the main conflict in Much Ado?
Both good and harmful deception.
Main characters in Othello?
Othello, Desdemona, Iago, Cassio, Emilia.
Central theme of Othello?
Jealousy destroys reason and leads to tragedy.
What is Iago’s main weapon?
Manipulation and psychological control.
Theme of Sonnet 116?
True love is constant and unchanged by time or obstacles.
What does Shakespeare say love is NOT?
It does not change, bend, or fade.
Who is the speaker addressing in Holy Sonnet 14?
God (the Trinity).
Theme of Holy Sonnet 14?
Spiritual struggle, desire for divine transformation, paradox of faith.
Why does the speaker want God to “batter” him?
To break him down spiritually and rebuild him in purity.
Main characters in Paradise Lost?
Satan, Adam, Eve, God, Beelzebub, demons.
Themes in Paradise Lost?
Pride, disobedience, temptation, free will, the Fall of Man.
What happens in Book 1?
Satan and his fallen angels awaken in Hell after rebelling against God.
What happens in Book 9?
Satan tempts Eve, she falls, and then Adam follows — causing humanity’s Fall.
Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote “The Miller’s Tale”?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue”?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote Much Ado About Nothing?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Othello?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Sonnet 116?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Holy Sonnet 14?
John Donne
Who wrote Paradise Lost?
John Milton